Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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